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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1958.

Events

January events

• January - Unable to keep his promises to shareholders, Robert Ralph Young suspends dividends on New York Central stock.
• January 1 - The Chicago and North Western Railway acquires the Litchfield and Madison Railway.

February events

• February 4 - Canada's Kellog Commission releases a report on the use of firemen as part of diesel locomotive crews.^[1]

March events

• March 13 - Queensland Railways BB18¼ class 4-6-2 No. 1089, completed by Walkers, Maryborough, Queensland, is the last main-line steam locomotive built in Australia.^[2]

June events

• June 22 - The Chicago Transit Authority opens the Congress Expressway rapid transit line, pioneering the first use of rail rapid transit and a multi-lane automobile expressway in the same grade-separated right-of-way. The route, which replaced the old Garfield Park 'L', connects with the Milwaukee-Dearborn-Congress Subway at the Chicago River and extends west to Des Plaines Avenue in Forest Park.

July events

• July - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD SD24.
• July 7 - The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad reintroduces women-only cars on the railroad's commuter trains in New York City.^[3]
• July 17 - The Railway Enthusiasts Society is formed to promote rail transportation and preservation in New Zealand
• July 25 - Pacific Great Eastern Railway completes construction of the line to Fort St. John, British Columbia.

August events

• August 9 - The Moccasin, the longest running named passenger train in Canada thus far, is discontinued.

September events

• September - On the Drachenfels Railway, Königswinter, Germany, a rack railway train derails, killing 17.

October events

• October - After building only 59 examples of the type, Fairbanks-Morse and Canadian Locomotive Company discontinue construction of the H-24-66 model Train Master diesel locomotive.
• October 1 - Northern Ireland's Ulster Transport Authority and the Republic of Ireland's Córas Iompair Éireann take over from the Great Northern Railway Board in running the remaining cross-border route (Dublin–Belfast) of the Irish railway system. The GNR assets are split between the two state companies.

November events

• November 1 - The Strasburg Rail Road is purchased by a non-profit group.

December events

• December 31 - The Harcourt Street railway line between Dublin and Bray, Ireland, closes.

Unknown date events

• Ernest S. Marsh succeeds Fred Gurley as president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

Births

Deaths

January deaths

• January 25 - Robert Ralph Young, financier and controlling stockholder of the New York Central commits suicide after suspending company dividends (b. 1897)

References

• (April 3, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved July 22, 2005 and August 9, 2005.